Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 87, Number 1, Spring 2009 Page: 2
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Notes and Documents column including "Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame" which honors two of the 2009 inductees of the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame, Donald E. Green and Marvin E. Kroeker. It also includes "Lincoln's Legacy in Oklahoma" which provides a list of publications to celebrate the legacy of Abraham Lincoln in relation to Oklahoma as part of the Oklahoma Historical Society's celebration of the bicentennial of his birth.
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Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 87, Number 1, Spring 2009, periodical, Spring 2009; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1835641/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.